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Drinking Pulverized Snakes and Lizards: Yankees and Rebels in Battle at Gum Swamp

Record #:
21590
Abstract:
This article examines two military engagements at Gum Swamp near Kinston during the Civil War. The battles took place in the spring of 1863 and while of no strategic importance, they possess a level of human interest and are tactically instructive.
Source:
North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 71 Issue 2, Apr 1994, p207-231 , il, por, map, f